Balkans A Post-Communist History

An excellent companion volume to the successful A History of Eastern Europe , this is a country-by-country treatment of the contemporary history of each of the Balkan states: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosova. Focusing on political and economic continuities and changes since the 1980s, The Balkans includes brief overviews of the history of each state prior to the 1980s to provide the background to enable readers to make sense of the more recent developments. With a distinctive conceptual framework for explaining divergent patterns of historical change, the book shifts the emphasis away from traditional cultural explanations and concentrates on the pervasive influence of strongly entrenched vertical power-structures and power-relations. An invaluable book for all students of Eastern European history.Bideleux, Robert is the author of 'Balkans A Post-Communist History', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415229623 and ISBN 0415229626.